20/04/2012 The One Show

Hooray! Hooray! Here we go again. Hello, and thank you for tuning

into another Friday one-hour One Show with Alex Jones and Chris

Evans. Tonight, any to meets some amazing giants on the streets of

Liverpool. Many magicians will astound us with their hocus-pocus.

You see, I say that all might, let's do that all might. Jay

unleashes his hunter-gatherer and digs up free food in the wilds of

Wales. And we have got two great guests. They are not only at the

top of their profession, but also from the top of the alphabet.

an award-winning comedian who has toured as a Tooth Fairy and a Spexy

Beast and is now a camp chat show champ. Anne Beavis and award-

winning actress who stole the screen in Secrets And Lies, little

Good evening. Welcome. Nice to be here. I am trying to breathe in,

because the shirt is a bit tight. Here for one hour. You're joking! I

will undo my bottom. There we go. - - my button. You share something in

common. You have never met, but you both suffer from nerves. I should

be on a stretcher before stepping on stage. I am so frightened. But

the minute I step on stage, I am fine. I get all four wind. And then

I get the feeling that I have wet myself. Just before I go on stage.

Might do wet myself. -- well, I do wet myself. Around 32,000 people

will be starting to feel butterflies round about now because

it is the London Marathon on Sunday morning. You have run the marathon

three times. Yes. But you also practised the London Marathon, but

not on the streets of London. treadmill. I would have the TV and

I would be on my treadmill. This is why I was asked to do it. They

thought I had gone 26 miles, but I had only done about five. What was

your method? Isn't it true that the London Marathon is on on Sunday

morning and you would turn it on TV and you would run until the first

person crossed the line. Yes, for two-and-a-half hours. But I have

only travel five miles, whereas they have travelled 26. In fairness,

that is still a lot. And you did it for real. It took me a fortnight

each time. And how about you? Exercise? We do not get on. People

do not believe it, but after years of mincing I have got a bad leg. I

have physiotherapy because with my walking, that is really tight.

Honestly, I just walk round in circles. Are you out of kilter with

yourself? I am, honestly. More from them as the show continues. Tonight,

we would like to see your best marathon finish line photo.

marathon will do. The more exhausted you look, the better, and

we will show some later. Now, to the streets of Liverpool, where

something incredible is happening on an enormous scale. A Anita Rani

has been there as they prepare for an invasion of giant proportions.

See Order see is a story of love, loss and Reunion on a gigantic

scale. -- Sea Odyssey. It is inspired by a little girl who wrote

a letter to her father on the Titanic. And now her time-

travelling uncle has sworn to scour the sea for 100 years to retrieve

the letter and give it back to her. Magical creatures and 50 ft giants.

Pioneering French theatre group Royal Deluxe are known for sending

cities around the world to an astonished standstill. And now

their creations are emerging from the depths of the Mersey. I wonder

what kind of mind it would take to think up something as inventive.

You are the artistic director of the Sea Odyssey. I think. Why have

you picked Liverpool? Liverpool is My work is not a carnival. There is

no doubt he is a creative genius, but I am slightly confused right

now. Essentially, what I am getting is that he wants to do more than

just entertain the city of Liverpool. He wants to bring them

all together, whether you are a red or blue. The giant stars are

walking 23 miles around Liverpool. It is the biggest logistical

operation this city has ever staged. You cannot walk with giants around

Liverpool without making a mess. What is that? We believe that

plates have started to move beneath the earth. When Royal De Luxe come

into the city, things like this start to happen all over in the

build-up before the event. What an absolutely brilliant and crazy

thing for Liverpool to decide to do. It has been the most incredible

event in terms of how many communities have got involved.

There have been loads of kids involved in writing letters. The

amount of services that have gone on to make it happen... I got

completely drenched. This is just a tiny taste of what you can expect

over the next few days. Under cover of darkness, the Giants are moved

into position. It is massive, huge. And the shroud has come off.

Brilliant! Check out those boots, wicked. There is a lot of pressure

on you because you are going to be lowering the giant into the dock.

One false move... It is going to get wet anyway. It is a big piece

of machinery but also very delicate with lots of hydraulics. One good

knock and the show will be over. did not know what to expect, but it

has a thought deep-sea diving outfits, including the boots and

buckles. How does it feel to be part of something like this?

have to feel privileged because you are part of a new group doing a

unique job. It is something I will never forget and hopefully the City

will never forget it. Anita Ryan -- Anita Rani will be live with those

giants soon. Here is a taste of what has been happening in the last

few hours. That is quite scary, isn't it? They were responsible for

the giant elephants up from London to a standstill, before you got

You remember the big elephant. would be like me doing the marathon.

We are worried about your legs. also have amnesia of the bottom. My

bum has forgotten how to work. I have to have someone to really...

You do not have to have a man! You choose to have a man. Well, the

woman was busy. Seriously, I know people think that I make it up, but

I get asked to do all of these wonderful comic relief things but I

cannot because it goes. It has just gone, everyone. �2 a month will

make it go! Time to see how Jamie has fed on his latest challenge.

create spectacular screen savers from each of the north, east, south

I have come to the far north of Scotland to photograph an

extraordinary mountain. Its distinctive shape and weathered

stone pinnacles make it a magnet for photographers. The sandstone is

some of the most ancient in Britain. It is a dramatic landscape, even

for the north-west of Scotland. I am heading for the summit, at 600

metres above sea level, for the views, but first for the wide shots.

Here is an unmissable opportunity for a great landscape shot. Not

only have we got the mountain in the background that we are aiming

for, but the foreground is full of this beautiful, blossoming course.

In the middle there is the lake. It gives a real depth of perspective.

The photographer will always be rewarded for legwork. Take the

trouble to shoot your subject from as many angles as possible. This is

only an hour's hike away, but we are above the snow line and the

whole character of the shot is transformed. And for its stark,

clean portrait of northerly climes, this is my first screensaver

nomination. Gaining height on a day like this will surely get some

stunning views, but in unfamiliar territory, I need some local

knowledge in the form of a mountain guide. This must be a bit of a hit

with local climbers. You can see the pinnacles and the rock

formations when we get up there. That is what it is about. My toes

and fingers are getting cold already. It takes two hours to get

to the summit, but even before we get there, I am met with a jaw-

dropping view. It is quite seriously hard work to get up here,

but my God it is worth it. Look at this. Totally remote and utterly

spectacular. This whole area, the north-west corner of Scotland.

is not just millions, but billions of years old. The rocks in the

foreground are 3 billion years old. In these conditions, the landscape

setting on your camera is an obvious choice, but what does it

do? Well, it narrows the aperture, which keeps the whole picture in

focus. One final push, and we are close to the summit. Wow! It just

gets better and better. There cannot be that many days like this

in north-west Scotland at this time of year. Amazing. To make the most

of the sky and water, used a polarising filter. This is without

the filter - good, but hazy and lacking in clarity. And this is

with the filter - the detail is better, the glare has gone and the

sky is a deeper Blue. And it is my second screensaver nomination. The

next thing I want to focus on is the striking rock formations. That

means a climb. There must be no end of climbing available here. You can

find a different way every time you come up. Landscape photography can

be as simple as pointing and shooting, if you are in the right

place. But I want to take it to another level by framing the

The boulder perched precariously between two rocky walls adds real

tension to the landscape. But, for my third screensaver nomination, I

am going for this unusual framed landscape shot. At the summit, the

drama of the rocky peak set against the serenity of distant landscape

gives the composition of the shots great depth and sense of scale.

Days Like These in north-west Scotland are few and far between,

and it has produced three cracking screensaver shots. The other-

worldly snow econuts. A classic Scottish lake and mountain View,

They were brilliant! That is Great Britain. This script originally

read that you can download the screensaver photographs from our

website, but there was an extra letter T, and it said you can't

download them! Go to our website! That cleared that up! The second

series of Vera starts on ITV one at 8 o'clock next week, on Sunday. You

play Vera Stanhope. Do you agree that she is a female version of

Frost. Columba, I would say. -- Colombo. She is a scruffy,

shambolic, an unlikely detective, if you met her in the street.

really gritty and the first episode is gripping. This is when the young

girl goes into a coma and you are having a chat on the bed. All night

she stood at the open window looking out. Whoever did this must

have known there was somebody in. There so much for arson. Attempted

murder. The relish in her voice! Plus, she has got her fingers

burned. See these marks, this is heat damage, but this is an old

injury. How old? It is hard to say. Partly healed, minimum of a month.

She has been in the wars. It is quite gritty and set in

Northumbria. How much fun is it to make? We just have the most

wonderful time up there. I had never been there before I did this

series. It is so beautiful in Northumberland and the people are

so lovely. Do you hang about more with them to get that accent

sorted? That was an issue, wasn't it? I couldn't have done the job

unless I had got it. I went into the town and I chat to people in

the shops, and just... Have you got a good ear? I always thought I had

before I tried that one! Did you try the Taro Aso Lata trick? What

is that? You say certain words to help you get the Northumbrian

accent. Like Kawasaki. I was thinking of buying one of them.

Have you got a licence? No. I thought it would be nice to have a

motorcycle. Anyway, I digress! Yes! I had help with the accent, yes.

What would you say set Vera apart? She is a woman of a certain age in

a job of authority. There is no romantic interest. Why? Do we know

her back story? We don't but all she lives and thinks his work. She

is a loner. Not lonely, but a loner. She has had a love interest, I

think you might find. Incidentally, in this first episode, you will see

that she also ran a marathon way back. They elude to a relationship

between Vera and her colleague. Are we giving things away? A younger

colleague? If is he? The one that looks like Matt Baker? Not him! You

mean John Morrison. They have known each other for years. But the

stories this year our great and the production values are fabulous.

she Miss Marple, Jessica Lang? Jessica Lang? Jessica Lang spree!

Who is Jessica line? She looks like Jessica Lang. What happened?

don't know! Kawasaki! I don't think anybody noticed! Which TV detective

would you be? Who would it be? Hercule Poirot. Very nice! You have

got the walk. Yes! And the hairline, the way it is going. I love Hercule

Poirot. You have played lots of mothers, Brenda. To Keira Knightley,

Brad Pitt, who else? Jane Horrocks. Who did you most enjoy being the

mother to? I think Keira Knightley because I was so happy to be

offered the part in pride and prejudice. I knew they were filming

it for six months before they knocked on my door and it was six

weeks before they started filming and they asked if I would like to

play the part. I thought it had passed me by. Obviously somebody

else dropped out! What about Brad Pitt's mother? That was fabulous.

Did you have a water fight with him? Yes, a water pistol fight, but

he cheated because he had two. That was also with Robert Redford. I was

in heaven. Love it. Time for Jay's bit. What is on the menu? I am

going wild because I have been hunting and eating wild garlic.

Like most people, I am used to having all manner of food cooked

especially for me. All I have to do is lift my knife and fork. But

today I am experiencing the other side of things. I am going foraging

for wild garlic, no less. Happily I am not going by myself, what

otherwise who knows what I would end up picking? Raoul is helping me

track down wild garlic. Unlike bulbs that you get in the shops,

with wild garlic it is primarily it believes that you eat. If I could

not say how much wild garlic there is I could smell it. And it will be

smelling for a few days in your trousers and the whole thing!

going to smell of garlic? It is one of my favourite smells, so no

problem. How long have you been foraging? All my life, practically,

from six years old. In different countries. I believe that it is a

good way of living. Picking things for free and selling for good money.

I sell it to local top restaurants. I was selling to Antonio Kali duo,

and then after that I was exporting to France. How much do you get for

a kilogram of this stuff? A few pounds. But you can sell it in

France and at the moment you can get 11 euros a kilo. It seems that

we are actually selling garlic to the French?! Wild garlic as a Latin

name which translates as there's garlic. After hibernation, the

bears eat it to clean out their digestive tract and get the

strength back. Sounds sensible. But can you accidentally mistake it for

something poisonous? The lily of the valley has a beautiful smile

but belief looks the same. But this is floppy, compared to the lily of

the valley, which is rigid. What does Lily of the valley taste like?

I have never made that mistake! When foraging wild garlic, you

should never take more than you need, but I think there is more

than enough here to justify taking a full basket. Pretty powerful

stuff. And also my lunch! I just needed somebody to cook it for me.

Fortunately, Matt Tebbutt, one of Raoul's best customers, agreed to

help out. Foraged food for me strengthens the menu. You look at

what is in season. We take the main ingredients, rabbit, lamb or fish,

whatever is good, and we complement it with foraged food. It makes

sense and the best way to cook is to use wild garlic in its simplest

form. Use pure ingredients like eggs, rice. Delicious. What is the

difference in flavour between this stuff and bulb garlic that we are

more familiar with? The obvious one is the strike. The bulb garlic is

very potent. Bulb -- the strength. This has a mild, peppery taste that

creeps up on you at the end. Time to get to work. I have been

promised a fantastic wild garlic risotto with cheese. It sounds

wonderful. It is good. It had longer to cook. I would not want to

feed J Rayner that just yet. after a few minutes, the risotto

was ready. I was back in my familiar role, having my food

brought to me. This smells fantastic, but how does it taste?

That is lovely. It is garlicky, but not in an excessive way. It does

not hit the back of the throat. I am romantic about my food. The fact

that this was in the field a few hours ago, and is now in front of

me on the plate, that does make it rather special. That was Otto, just

by looking at it, is one of the things that has been tastiest. --

that risotto. It was certainly up there. And Raoul is here. From

Belgium? And a few other places. is very exotic! We have got the

selection here. The St George mushrooms are over here because St

George's Day is on Monday. So how we made that work? Raoul loves them.

I love them because they are coming out in springtime. If they grow in

a ring and they smell of chamois leather, that is how you can

recognise them. They do as well! Can you eat them? Yes, but they are

better if you cook them. Why don't you taste this, Alan? Lovely!

are not that bad. You are not like that at all. This is part pastry

with St George mushrooms. How is it? Gorgeous. A chef called Roger

Brooks made that for us. Gorgeous. Tell us about the legality and

where we can find mushrooms and so on. You must always ask the

permission of the landowner. Never over pick. Always make sure there

is enough for other people and for other years as well. You have to be

careful what you pick and what you do. That is very true. There is a

great writer called Nicholas Evans. He went picking mushrooms, going

back to the same spot by somebody that knew what he was doing. He

picked the wrong ones, poisoned himself and his guests, went into

kidney failure and had to have a transplant. Now you tell me! He was

a great loss to British showbusiness.

You will be fine, Raoul picked them and not me. But he has always hated

your act...! It is serious. We also have wild garlic. Do you want one

of those? OK. Hop shoots, over here. They are fantastic. I don't know if

we can see them separately. They are in the salad. In Belgium, at

the beginning of the season, they can go as much as 1,000 euros per

kilo? The first of very expensive. The second, then half price, and so

on. That is because of the publicity for the restaurant. That

restaurant bought the first hop shoots, and that is their publicity.

We have had three key weather, so freaky foraging? -- 3 strange

weather. It depends on a weather. If you pick the mushrooms now, full

of water, better wait, better price! Thank you for coming in,

Raoul. We have another cup of coming up. Yes, we are on the hunt

for the greatest Indian style chicken curry. Not any old curry,

but chicken in the style of the Indian sub-continent. If you can be

sure that your creation is the best in the UK, tell us what makes it so

special, secret ingredients and special twists. The details on the

website. You have to be over 18. The closing date is 9 o'clock on

Monday night and you need to send us details of your recipe and a

photograph of your curry. You have been a naughty boy, Jay. He has

been a naughty boy, everyone! He has to apologise otherwise we all

get sacked. I made some flippant comments about the sinking of the

Titanic last week. If anybody was offended, I apologise and normal

service has been resumed. To be fair, we both did. You let me on.

Now, photographs. Steven Davis sent from Northumberland at the end of

the 1983 North Tyneside marathon. My husband Brian. Actually, not my

husband! Jane Craig's has spent running for the local hospice, just

in front of Gordon Ramsay. Oh, yes! This is an heir hunter after

finishing the Berlin marathon on her first wedding anniversary. --

an Mrs Hunter. Very good. Moving on, this is magic. Ever wondered where

magicians get the tricks of their trade? They go to the shops to get

tricks and trade. This is Larry Roald Dahl said that if you don't

believe in magic, you will never find it. But I have got directions.

It is second after the lights, but it involves some time trouble. Go

back to 1898 Ben Lewis Davenport open day conjuring emporium in

central London. Little did he know, the shop would never close. He was

on the top of his game, performing on stage most evenings. He had a

brainwave - why not spend the day time inventing tricks and selling

them. His son became a magician and joined him. Together, they dreamed

up hundreds of illusions. His granddaughter to cut magic, and the

shop. Soon, her son was helping out. The 4th generation of a family. And

here they are today in the shop that has been open since the reign

of Queen Victoria. It is thought to be the oldest family magic business

in the world. Many of the tricks date back to my great-grandfather's

time. We still have them today because the classics of magic are

classic and everlasting. Betty joined to the shop at 14. 64 years

later, she is still here every day of the week. It has not just been

behind the counter. She was also a stage illusionist. They are not so

many female conjurers, are there? No, because people generally give a

box of tricks to the boy. It is a shame, because girls love magic.

Was she good? Very good. She still wears. You would say that, wouldn't

you? She learned a lot of tricks from her father. One of his

classics was the floating match. And it is not just magic. Roy has

been showing me some of the original novelties. Old fashioned

peanut brittle. Thank you! The shop was the meeting place for

professional stage Ms -- magicians when they came to London for

conventions. Orson Welles was a customer, and today, even the big

names like Paul Daniels. And then there was an unknown who came in in

the 1950s. He was so hard up he could not afford a thing - one

Tommy Cooper. We used to help him as much as we could with tricks. He

became great friends of the family. They even found him bookings and

they never doubted he would end up being one of the greats. This was a

tube that he opened and said magic words, and there we are. That

actually belonged to Tommy. In the early days before TV and the

talkies, going to the music hall for a full-scale magic show was an

everyday entertainment. The magic had to be big enough for everyone

to see, so you had the Floating Lady, assaulting a woman in half,

the appearing elephant and the all of these huge tricks that were

performed. -- cutting a woman in half. Now, the tricks have gone

right down to small card tricks that you see at parties. It is

working a new variations that is the job of another magician, Roy's

elder brother, Bill. You keep up to date. This is one of my favourites.

You can see the blank cards. They are not really much good. So I will

try to print one of the cards, which sounds impossible. To print a

card, you just need to get a card, and another, and another, and

another. The thing about magic is that it is often a visual illusion.

As I said, this was a blank DEC. It really is completely blank. I am

such a sucker for these things. But the classics never change, as Roy

demonstrates with some of his great-grandfather's originals.

make it disappear and come back again is a timeless piece of magic.

That is beautifully simple, isn't it. There are two strong reasons

why this shop will stay open for a good while longer - James and

Sophie, the fifth generation. They are already showing all of the

signs that the businesses for them. Brilliant.

He just clap once. Magic shops have inspired lots of the budding David

Blaine as MACRO and David Copperfields. And we have three

magicians here, members of the Young Magician's Club. We will see

if they can amaze Allen and baffle Brenda. First, Liz Fuller, 13, from

Kent. -- Lewis Fuller. I would shake your hand but you have

instructed me to hold these. Do you want them now? How did you get into

magic? My dad bought me a magic set when I was in hospital. From there,

it kicked off. I just enjoy doing what I do. First, are you better?

Yes, I am better. Magic! They have seen this loads of times and always

wanted to be part of it. I am so excited. What do I need to do?

You can see that I have a long piece of rope, a short piece of

rope and a medium pace. I am going to create an illusion. They will

all stretch to the same size. We had a short piece, a medium-pace

and a long piece. But because everyone looks confused, we were

just used two pieces. Maybe just one long piece. They say that it is

not the rope that you should watch but the ends of the rope. If you

find a good spot, you can chuck them on. If you blink, you will

miss it, Chris. People do not normally find that the best part.

The best part is when you take the middle and you pull it off. But it

would not be a piece of rope without a middle, so we have to

make one long piece. In the beginning we had three pieces of

rope. Alan and Chris, will you come here? Hold on to this. The magic is

in your hands. Ready? We have the small, the medium and the long.

Thank you. Next, Elizabeth Rogan, When did you get into magic? Who

was responsible for introducing you to magic? About it four years ago

my uncle got me into magic with a basic card trick and I progressed

from there. Have you performed before? Yes, at the London magic

circle and charity shows. You are so confident. Just shout out stop.

And Take That card. Show it to the camera. 10 of clubs. Whoops! It is

not the 10 of clubs. We will do different trick now. Only joking. I

will take your card. You push it in Are you ready? Yes. It is even

better now, isn't it? I like to wear jewellery. Ago once, twice,

Finally, James Wilson, 17, from High Wycombe. Hello. Your suit is

magic. What about that? I came as a bar code. I am going to step out

because I messed up the last one. Brenda, takeover. I am going to

give you this pen. Think of a word that relates to the word "up". Do

not tell me what it is and write it on there, on my crystal ball.

Quickly, because you only have one minute! Brilliant. Close it up. I

do not know what is in there. Only you know what is in this. No one at

home knows what is in this. Here we go. Could you take it back for me?

Put it in there for me. This way around. I will take the pen. Could

you hold this side of the table? I will hold this side. Think of your

word. Think of your word. Keep thinking of your word. Go with it,

go with it, go with it. Have a look underneath, see if there's anything

going on. We will come down again. Think of your word. Was it the

opposite? Was the word down. Yes. Can you open it and show the camera

Well done. You did not get that from Brad Pitt, did you? No. Well

done. Chattyman is back next Friday. Let's have a look at a clip from

the last series. Welcome to a new series of cooking with Lady Gaga.

If you have not got the same amount of time that we have got, we like

to use the lazy way, a source that you can use for any occasion. You

use this yourself, don't you, Lady Gaga? No. As used by Lady Gaga

It is the eighth series. I know! is back on Friday, so are you head

to head with Graham Norton? Yes, and I am going to win. Was it a big

decision? It was basically Channel 4. Do you remember the Friday-night

project? It kept changing which day it was on. They test it. It feels

like a Friday show. It is upbeat. And you get the jump on him, don't

you? Pardon! You get the jump on him. Oh, I see what you mean. I am

before him. Yes. And you won an award for the show, didn't you?

I did, Brenda. This time, you are doing two specials. The Jubilee and

the Olympics. It is an Alan Carr spectacular. It will be fantastic.

I am sure it will be. There are lots of stars around at the time.

Who have you got booked? We have got Justin be becoming on, Kim car

Paul Weller. Everyone. After winning the award, it has changed

it. Are you ever tempted to do the show live? I have trouble with my

wind. If we get a wind turbine, I could power it. I would love it,

but I don't know. Sometimes you get boring celebrities. You must have

boring celebrities. Never! They are so boring and you have to pick the

best bit. But what you lose on one hand, you gain on the other. I

think you would be exciting to watch live. Really? But they tell

me off. I have a nervous tic, when someone is boring and I have not

liked their film or their album, my hand goes like that. "I absolutely

loved your film". They have to tell me, stop it in your hand over your

mouth. -- stop putting your hand over your mouth. Well, we can't

wait for your show, honestly! are really busy because you are

doing other stuff, writing a sitcom as well. Can you tell us about

that? I can't, because it might be rubbish. I am just going to try and

write it and see if people like it. I do not want to build it up. I am

desperate to go on tour again so I am going to write a stand-up tour.

Have you started your sitcom, because I know the lady who

published your autobiography. She said she used to have to phone you

and you would do anything but right. Your house had never been clear

enough. I would be going, I have got those skirting boards to clean.

And then watching homes under the hammer. Have you written anything

for the sitcom? A few characters and funny lines. But it is hard

work. Where is it based? I am not going to tell you, you will steal

my idea. You have not written anything! I have! The Other story

that I liked about you was that you got to dance with Prince Harry the

other day. Is that right? No! I am so embarrassed. I was absolutely

paralytic, and I saw him in a club and I started dancing up to him, up

against him. You know when you are doing that? His bodyguards are

rubbish. Nobody tried to stop me. But he is so lovely, so lovely.

he your best mate? Yes, me and pepper are always going on the

razzle. It was a dream to meet him like that. I cannot remember much,

but it was a right laugh. Maybe he will come on your show. Chattyman

starts on Friday at 10pm, against Graham. We can't wait to see how

that drama unfolds. Anita Rani is up in Liverpool which, for one

weekend only, has become the land I am in the land of the giants, and

to call her a big glass would be an understatement. Look at that. They

are just putting her to bed. This spectacular event is courtesy of

Royal De Luxe, street theatre company and Sabine Mayer is their

manager. What is happening? little girl giant has just finished

her first day in Liverpool. She came to see the big sea diver, her

uncle. And now she is going to bed? Yes. Who are the marionettes behind

her? They are helping her to move. They are putting her to sleep. They

dress her in the morning and help her with her shower. They are

acrobats and technicians from France and they are utterly devoted

to her. I have got to shout because we have got live groups playing

music here as well. Claire McColgan is the head of Culture for

Liverpool city council. Great title. What is happening today? The giants

have been on a huge journey across the city. Out of the Albert Dock.

An incredible day in Liverpool. don't know if you can see the

crowds, but it is packed. It has been happening all weekend. I feel

like I am in a fairy tale. We have to go because she has got to go to

bed. We will catch up with you later. Liverpool is the place to be.

Brilliant, Anita. We have already gone off with Jamie Crawford, third

time to travel to the other end of the country. Dan Snow is with the

village that got washed away when its shoreline was stolen.

Burma's's Devonport yard, part of the largest naval base in Western

Europe. -- Plymouth's. For hundreds of years, British fleets have left

here to fight the nation's battles. At the turn of the 20th century

were the First World War looming, orders were given to double the

size of the Devon port side and this mighty expansion would drown

an entire village. These are the remains of what was a prosperous

fishing village 100 years ago. The rest of it, 30 buildings, homes,

the pub, a 10 metres below me on the bottom of the English Channel.

Hallsands was a close-knit community of 128. Now it is a ghost

town. In 1917, this village was literally washed away. Its

residents separated to find new homes nearby. Their community was

broken. This was not a battle with the elements. All sounds was a man-

made disaster. -- Hallsands. Germany and America were building

up their babies. This was an arms race in the run-up to World War One.

-- Ben Davies. Britain needed to build up their capacity to keep up

power. They were building up a battle fleet to compete with the

Royal Navy and the ships were getting even bigger. The

Dreadnought type ship that was being produced could not be fitted

into the dock here. The Dreadnought was a new class of warship. Massive

guns, great speed, and the British believed it would give them the

edge. An extra 118 acres were added to the Great North yard so that

five could be built here. The man task with the job was John Jackson,

an engineering entrepreneur interested in making money and fast.

This vast new Devonport extension would require thousands of tons of

concrete. John Jackson would not have to look far for the makings of

it. A high quality shingle at all sounds would be perfect for the job.

-- Hallsands. In the spring of 1987 -- 1897, they started dredging

without even bothering to consult the villagers. The Government and

the local landowners did their thing. Really, the local fishermen

did not count and they did not know. How much shingle was removed from

the beach? 650,000 tonnes is recorded but considerably more than

that. This shingle was the only defence between Hallsands and the

English Channel. The villagers could see the water is coming

closer but for five years their protests were ignored. A New Year's

Day, 1902, the man finally took matters into their hands. They

marched up the coast and confronted the dredgers, just up there. Angry

words were exchanged. We don't know if it bubbled over into violence,

but the dredgers certainly left, never to return. Days later, the

Board of Trade revoked John Jackson's licence. The Plymouth

docks would be completed without any more precious shingle. John

Jackson assured the villagers that the sea would in time replace what

had been taken but the damage had been done. What effect did that

have, removing the shingle? Very quickly it meant the end of the

village. In four years it was taking away the first row of houses.

The defences were removed and the houses went immediately? Yes.

village and its 128 residents were living on borrowed time. On January

26th, 1917, a strong easterly gale at combined with an exceptionally

high tide created the perfect storm. By midnight four houses have gone

as the villagers looked down from the cliffs above. The next day

there was another high-tide and house after house crashed into the

sea. By the end only a couple were left standing. The Plymouth naval

dockyard had doubled in size, but the price was the destruction of

this community. Very interesting. That was very sad.

On the subject of things falling into the sea, didn't you become an

unlikely hero? A where is this going? I heard the story of you and

Lionel Blair, of all people, saving a man from committing suicide. What

happened? Lionel and I were having a glass of wine in a bar and there

was a man trying to kill himself and this man asked us to help. Me

and Lionel? Yes! I ran over there. The man was hanging on. Lionel goes,

it is Lionel Blair off the television. I would have jumped! I

am joking, I love Lionel! He said, I want to die. Then I poked my head

over. It saved his life. We pulled him off. What happened? He said

that initially and this shocked him so much? Yes, he couldn't believe

it. Imagine my head and Lionel's! He decided to hang around. We

pulled him up. Well done. The to take him for a glass of wine?

it was pretty serious. The police came and took him away. I did not

get an award. I am not bitter! Debate applaud you in the bar?

we were like heroes. -- it did they applaud you? I was walking along

the cliff at Ramsgate once, and I heard this crumbling. I looked over

the edge and there was somebody six feet down. There was barbed wire

between the top of the cliff and the railings and he was caught in

the barbed wire. To cut a long story short... And go on! He got

out of the barbed wire, I removed his jacket, and I pulled him out.

Hang on, a second. Has anybody else saved anybody? Can we get this out

of the way? It is turning into Pride of Britain! Well done,

everyone! Although long Anita has been following the biggest little

girl in the world, stomping through Liverpool for the Sea Odyssey giant

spectacular. How is the little girl now? She has been tucked up in bed.

If you can hear this beautiful lullaby music helping her drift off

to sleep. She is coming pass now and it is quite something, like a

fantasy world in Liverpool. Claire McColgan is the head of culture.

What else has been going on today? It has just been amazing with

hundreds of thousands of people across the city seeing her on her

journey and trying to find her uncle with the letter for her that

he will give her tomorrow. story is that the uncle has gone

down to the sea and he has been walking around Liverpool separately.

Yes, with his mailbox. He is ready to meet her tomorrow night at this

very place to give her the letter from her father. He is in his deep

sea divers outfit. Yes. At the moment he is sleeping. The little

girl is in bed behind us. Who is the dog behind her? He will sit on

her knee as she sleeps and wake up with her tomorrow morning. Every

detail of this has been thought out. It has been two years in the

planning. The marionette have come from France. They are all trained

acrobats. Yes. They are incredible artists. Just watching how they

move and work with the giants has been incredible to watch. Today has

been spectacular. What else is coming up? Tomorrow it just builds

during the day. She wakes up at 9:30am. The diver wakes up at 11

o'clock in Stanley Park and then they come together tomorrow after

going round the city. This music is so beautiful, a motive. How have

the crowds reacted? Everybody has been fantastic, coming out in their

thousands. It has been incredible for Liverpool. And the son has just

come out. It is quite something. -- the sunshine. Get yourselves down

here. Picture perfect skies in the background. Wonderful. We have had

lots of photographs of you running the marathon. This is Simon Baker,

an amputee, who completed the Dublin marathon on crutches.

This is a marathon in Kenya. One hour after this photograph they got

married with their marathon running vicar. This is my dad doing the

aeroplane at the Swiss marathon last year. He is going to kill me,